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If journal sites started to do that, then they would lose business very quickly. It isn't fair nor right to take someone's journal just because they aren't paying for it or using it. It can have been abandoned, but kept around for the memories, and not everyone cares to do the lengthy (or third party way) of exporting entries to another site. Some people even have used their IJ's as a 'back up', having imported all their entries to it JUST in case another site goes down.
Just because InsaneJournal refuses to delete active accounts doesn't mean it supports journal hoarding. The term actively means "holding onto a journal and never using it; keeping it for the name" roughly. If a user posts in it, even if it's every other year or so, it's still considered active.
This deletion/purge is to clear up all the journals made in the earlier years of the site before it got popular. Not everyone will be pleased by this move, but for every one person pissed off I'm willing to bet there are ten glad they have a chance at a nicer username. It's just the way it rolls.
Just because InsaneJournal refuses to delete active accounts doesn't mean it supports journal hoarding. The term actively means "holding onto a journal and never using it; keeping it for the name" roughly. If a user posts in it, even if it's every other year or so, it's still considered active.
This deletion/purge is to clear up all the journals made in the earlier years of the site before it got popular. Not everyone will be pleased by this move, but for every one person pissed off I'm willing to bet there are ten glad they have a chance at a nicer username. It's just the way it rolls.